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Headline is misleading.

Clearing your browser history, just by itself, isn't obstruction. Clearing your browser history and cache, when some of the information present there is evidence relevant to a criminal prosecution in which you are a suspect or a witness, can be, especially if you do it to try to cover up your involvement, and that shouldn't be surprising to anyone.

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Not that I agree with their use but, I think a lot of these sensationalist titles are springing up to draw attention to something(erasing browser history) we would normally not give a second glance.

We normally wouldn't give throwing out a knife or shredding a financial document a second glance either

except, y'know, when it's material evidence relevant to an ongoing investigation being destroyed to cover up a crime

It's still kind of a no-no in my opinion. Just because you're a suspect or witness doesn't mean your computer should be automatically subjected to the government. Anyone can be declared a suspect.

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